Greene County sheriff defends 11 arrests at homeless camps
Homeless advocate Pastor Christie Love criticized the arrests, as well as the sheriff's use of old photos showing trash at a different camp.
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Homeless advocate Pastor Christie Love criticized the arrests, as well as the sheriff's use of old photos showing trash at a different camp.
The program began as an effort to address health disparities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Area shelters were "very busy, to say the least," last week, said the crisis cold weather shelter coordinator for Community Partnership of the Ozarks.
Volunteers are needed to monitor overnight and day shelters, make meals, transport folks and deliver supplies to those still on the street.
While hospitals will be open and seeing patients, a trauma surgeon with Mercy Hospital Springfield says prevention is the best medicine for frostbite.